NightMist wrote:

You know those central motor factory set ups are why my dad's side of
the family thinks sewing professionally is a very dangerous buisness.
Though I am not quite sure why they keep repeating the sad tale to me
since all my machines have their very own motor, and it would take
some doing to kill myself on one save by the most bizarre mischance.

Apparently one of my great aunts was working in a factory like that
way back in the nineteen teens or twenties. The story goes that one
of her hairpins came out and when she stood up the loose lock got
caught in the overhead belt and yanked her right off her feet and
broke her neck.

I don't know how true that is. This is the same family that claims one
of my uncles drowned because he went swimming too soon after eating
and got a cramp. Actual witnesses to the event report that he went
boating while drunk, lost an oar, jumped in after it, and was too
drunk to swim. It was a Moose Club picnic so there were a LOT of
witnesses.

NightMist
Big family, gallons of whitewash

ROFLOL!! Family stories do have a way of getting embellished - and
whitewashed. It's hard to see how auntie got her hair caught.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15595.../imagep158.jpg
http://www.uwrf.edu/library/arc/images/RFsewing1931.jpg
Most managed to sew through a finger, though.
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Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
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